Stirrup Jar - In this example a small globular jar sets atop the stirrup; perhaps it also represents stylized arms holding the smaller pot aloft.
Bell Plain (highly polished) pottery type -- Bell Plain is prevalent at sites along the Mississippi River in Arkansas. It has finely crushed shell temper, a well-polished to highly polished surface, and varies in color from shades of gray to buff to orange (pp 10-12, Hathcock, Roy).
Curatorial Remarks:
Bell Plain (Phillips 1970:58-61) stirrup-necked bottle with rolled rim. Neck below rim has appliqued triangular nodes and vertical lines below nodes Ovoid body and rounded circular base. Vessel color 7.5YR 4/1 Dark Gray and 7.5YR 5/3 Brown.
Phillips, Philip. Archaeological Survey in the lower Yazoo Basin, Mississippi, 1949-1955. Vol. 60. Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Cambridge, MA: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 1970.
